A former South Korean official was named the vice chief for digital transformation of the World Bank to become the first South Korean to assume a top-level position in the organization, Seoul’s finance ministry said Tuesday.
Kim Sang-bu was appointe…
The opposition-controlled National Assembly passed the last of four contentious broadcasting bills aimed at reducing the government’s influence over public broadcasters Tuesday, ending a six-day filibuster by the ruling party.
The main opposition De…
They may be seven years apart in age but South Korean table tennis players Lim Jong-hoon and Shin Yu-bin couldn’t have been much closer in their partnership in Paris.
Lim, 27, and Shin, 20, joined forces for the bronze medal in the mixed doubles eve…
Lotte Fine Chemical Co. on Tuesday reported its second-quarter net income of 43.3 billion won (US$31.3 million), swinging from a loss of 100 million won a year earlier.
The company said in a regulatory filing that operating profit for the April-June…
A man died after being attacked by a neighbor wielding a traditional Japanese sword in a residential apartment complex in northwestern Seoul, police said Tuesday.
The stabbing happened late Monday, when the 43-year-old attacker brandished the 75-cen…
A Seoul court froze the assets and debts of TMON and WeMakePrice on Tuesday, as it begins a process to determine whether court-led debt restructuring should be allowed for the e-commerce platforms struggling with a liquidity crisis.
The decision cam…
Jakarta: Indonesia has expressed its readiness to host dialogue between the conflicting parties in Myanmar if chosen to do so, Foreign Minister Sugiono said on Tuesday. He said the move